The Spectator, Volume 2Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele J. Tonson, 1724 |
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Page 4
... these Papers , I have ac- knowledged my felf inca- pable . While I bufie my ID 10 felf as a Stranger upon Earth , and can pretend to SEG no other than being a Looker - on , You are con - ¦ DICT fpicuous in the Bufie and Н Polite World ...
... these Papers , I have ac- knowledged my felf inca- pable . While I bufie my ID 10 felf as a Stranger upon Earth , and can pretend to SEG no other than being a Looker - on , You are con - ¦ DICT fpicuous in the Bufie and Н Polite World ...
Page 33
... these many Years , and never ap- peared ; it will be a very pretty Enter- tainment in the Play - houfe , ( when I have abolished this Cuftom ) to fee fo many Ladies when they firft lay it down , incog . in their own Faces . IN the mean ...
... these many Years , and never ap- peared ; it will be a very pretty Enter- tainment in the Play - houfe , ( when I have abolished this Cuftom ) to fee fo many Ladies when they firft lay it down , incog . in their own Faces . IN the mean ...
Page 36
... these fuper fluous Ornaments upon the Head make a great Man , a Princess generally re- ceives her Grandeur from those additio- nal Incumbrances that fall into her Tail : I mean the broad fweeping Train that follows her in all her ...
... these fuper fluous Ornaments upon the Head make a great Man , a Princess generally re- ceives her Grandeur from those additio- nal Incumbrances that fall into her Tail : I mean the broad fweeping Train that follows her in all her ...
Page 49
... these feveral Terrors ; and when they only come in as Aids and Affiftances to the Poet , they are not only to be excufed , but to be applaud- ed . Thus the founding of the Clock in Venice preferved makes the Hearts of the whole Audience ...
... these feveral Terrors ; and when they only come in as Aids and Affiftances to the Poet , they are not only to be excufed , but to be applaud- ed . Thus the founding of the Clock in Venice preferved makes the Hearts of the whole Audience ...
Page 52
... these are grateful Spectacles to us , take Occafion from them to re- present us a People that delight in Blood . It is indeed very odd , to fee our Stage ftrowed with Carcaffes in the last Scene of a Tragedy ; and to obferve in the Ward ...
... these are grateful Spectacles to us , take Occafion from them to re- present us a People that delight in Blood . It is indeed very odd , to fee our Stage ftrowed with Carcaffes in the last Scene of a Tragedy ; and to obferve in the Ward ...
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